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WILLIAMS'
GOOD WORK
TERRITORY'8 DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
AND STATEHOOD.
Found a Section of Indian Territory
Wholly Ostracized From the State-
Hood Bill Wai Not In Any
Recording District.
Washington Feb. 19. (Special) Na-
tional Committeeman U. K Williams
of Durant has left Washington nftor
a visit of moro than two weokB. No
ono who has vlBltcd Washington from
the territory accomplished moTO than
did Mr. Williams In matters pending
before congress. Ho may not havo
- ns much gall nml brass as some others
who have visited Washington from
the territory bue he Is an effective
worker.
No sooner had Mr. Williams reach-
ed Washington than ho discovered
. several hiatuses In tho stntehood bill.
This Is not remarkable for those
who know "Mr. Williams well know
that few errors and mistakes escape
his notice. No sooner had ho reached
Washington than he discovered that
a strip of territory lying In the ex-
tremo south central portion of Indian
Territory adjoining Red river about
six miles wide and tTflrty miles long
had not been Included In any congres-
sional district. The mistake occurred
In this way: Tho territory Included
In a congressional district which in-
cluded tho Chickasaw nation was
enumerated by recording districts.
Then the bill provided that all of the
Choctaw nation should bo Included In
another congressional district. It so
happened that In the recording dis
trict of which Durant Is tho place of
recording a strip ot tho Chickasaw na
tlon had been added to that district
This strip of territory does not bo-
long In the Choctaw nation nnd .was
not enumerated In any recording dts
trlct. Therefore It was not Included
in any congressional district.
When Mr. Williams first mndo this
statement to the chairman ot the
house and sennte territorial commit
tee Senntor Beverldgc ot the senate
territorial committee laughed at It and
replied that such a mistake was Im
possible. But Mr. Williams produced
maps nnd soon convinced them of
their orror. Tho mistake will be rati
fled but If it had not been for Mr.
WlllfSms tho people residing in the
western portion of recording district
No. 25 would not have been Included
In any congressional district nnd
thereforo would bo barred from nny
participation In any congressional
election.
Another provision of the statehood
bill to which Mr. Williams called
particular nttcntlon was Section z
which provides that all male persons
over the nge of 21 years who aro cit-
izens of the United States or who
nro mombers of nny Indian nation
or tribe In Indian Territory and Okla-
homa nnd who have resided within
tho limits of tho proposed state for
at least six months next preceding tho
olectlon shall hnvo tho right to partlo
lpnto in all elections held In pursuancn
with tho provisions of tho enabling
net which congress will soon pass.
Tho same section extenrts tile election
laws of Oklahoma over Indian Terri-
tory for tho purposo of governing the
olectlon of mombers of tho consti-
tutional convention. Thus nny per-
son convicted of an Infamous crlmo
and who has not been nnrdonod and
his rights as a citizen thereby pro-
served would be entitled to servo as
n mombcr of tho constitutional con-
vention or bolng nn elector at tho
olectlon. This provision will also ba
changed.
During his stay hero Mr. Williams
made many friends nnd will bo a wel-
come visitor at tho natlonnl capltol
whenever business or plensuro causes
lilm to return here.
Packers Case Continues.
Chicago Feb. 20. In tho packers
case attorney John S. Miller read a
letter from President Boosovolt to
attorney genernl Moody which wai
authenticated somo tlmo ago by tho
attorney general. This Is tho letter
which declared that department cor-
porations nnd tho department of Jus-
tice were working together In (ho
beel Investigations'. Moody when hare
somo time ngo admitted 'tho letter ha J
boon written but claimed that tho
stntomont ot collusion between the two
departments was lncorrecj.
FOR JOINT STATEHOOD.
St. Louis Business Mens' League
Send Delgatlon to Washlilaton
To the Editor of the Ardmorelte Ard
more I. T.
.My dear sir: The executive commit
tee of the Business Men's league yes
torday decided to send n committee
to Washington to urge upon congress
tho passago of the Joint statehood bill
believing that further action nnd
work was necossary In addition to
tho effort the Ixaguo has already
made by writing to tho Missouri con
grossmcn and asking them to sup
port the bill.
The committee will leavo St. Louis
next Wednesday and will bo In Wash
Ington Thursday Friday nnd Satur
day February 22 23 and 24. Tho com'
inltteo will Include tho president of
tho Business Men's Tongue J. K
Smith; former Governor Francis; for
mer Mayor Cyrus P. Wnlbrldge; May
or Bolla Wells W. K. Kavanaugb. W.
F. Saunders Murray Cnrleton T. K
Nlodrlnglinus H. D. Sexton and S. M
Kennard.
 Very truly yours
W. F. SATJNDimS
Secretary and General Manager
TO SUPPRESS
SLAUGHTER
OF FISH AND GAME BY POT HUN
TERS IN TERRITORY.
Wagon Loads or Fish and Ducks Ruth
lessly Slaughtered and Sold In-
dian Police Kept Busy Running
Down Hunters and Trappers.
Indian Agent Kelsey has appealed
to the Unltml States attorneys In' tho
northern and western districts to as
slst in the suspension ot tho slaueh
ter of fish' and came by not hunters
In tho territory. Ths action Is result-
nut from complaints that havo been
coming from tho Cherokee nation re
cently. In tho small lakes around
Claremor.o hundreds of ducks aro kill
ed nnd these have been shipped out
of tho territory. There have been vtx
gon loads of fish caught In these lakes
also and they were being sold.
These complaints aro so frequent
nnd there are many also from tho
Choctaw nation that tho Indlnn agent
has decided that something has got
! bo done to suppress It.
A permit was Issued to some hunt-
ers In tho Choctaw nation upon prom-
ise that they were not to ship or sell
game. Indian police In that nation
catno across a. party and searched n
private car which they had and found
three deer packeTI and ready for shin-
ment. Two of these were taken by tho
pollco and sold. The third they
thought they would send to tho In-
dian agent and took it to tho express
offlce but tho express agent refused
to ship It. Tho agent missed some
good venison on account of his recent
orders to tho express companies to
refuse to accept for shipment gnmo
killed In Indian Territory.
Tho fine for killing game nnd ship-
ping It out of tho territory Is confis
cation of tho game killed and the hunt
ing parnphernalla of tho hunters and
n fine of $500. Thc.ro Is somo ques-
tion however whether tho flno can bo
collected.
DUNCAN'S BUILDING BOOM.
Lumber Dealers Unable to Supply De-
mandWill Soon Have Court.
Duncan I T Feb. lp (Special.)
Tom Traywlck. of Chlcknshn Is In tho
city today.
Dr. J. M. Thompson visited nolnts In
Texas Friday.
Our lumber yards aro unoblo to sret
lumber shipped In fast enough to sup
ply tho demand. Duncan Is on a great
building boom.
Tho city Is crowded with prospec
tors this week.
G.' II. Connell of Fort Worth Tox.
Is hero looking after business Inter
ests i -
Th0 Farmers Gin Co. aro still gin
ning two days out of each week.
W. P. Fowlor and family of Wcath-
erford Okla. will movo to Duncan in
n fow days. Mr. Fowlor will hecomo
rashlor of tho Farmers Bank & Trust
Co.
Leo Jones cnslilor of tho Bank of
Cornish Is In tho city.
rho Ardmorolto has more renders
thnp any u.er dally paper that comes
to Duncan.
Duncan will soon havo a TJ. S. court
nnd a land office then watch us
grow.
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STANDS FIRM
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ACTING COMMISSIONER'S
ON TRIBAL AFFAIRS
REPLY.
Government Will Distribute the Land
' Decares Allotment Work Will Be
Continued Until Completed and
No One Can Stop It.
special says: W. I Joseph of
Irene I. T. reecnTIy wrote to tho
department of tho Interior for advice
In regard to contributing to tho ox
penses of i delegation which Is In
Washington acting In connection with
an attorney of that city for tho nvowed
purpose of securing logtslntlou to re
store the allotments of tho Creek nnd
Cherokee Indians to tho tribal govern
incuts
To Mr. Joseph's Inquiries Acting
Commissioner Iirrabeo replies as
follows: "In reply oii are Informed
that the government purposes to car
ry out the law and distribute tho
lands and other property of the differ
ent nations to tho citizens In several
ty and to abolish not later than
March 4 1900 tho various tribal gov
ernments. Any lawyer or other per
son who ndvlses you or anyone elso
that ho can prevent the allotment of
said lands and the otlngulshmcnt of
the tribal governments and cause
tho restoration ot tho 'old treaties' is
not entitled to belief and no credence
should bo given to such allegations
no matter from whom they come.
"Tho government will not under
any circumstance? be swerved from
Its purpose of distributing tho land
nnd other property of tho nation and
tho-allotment work In the different nn
tlcms will bo continued until definite
ly completed. If tho members of the
'Night Hawk' or nny other society
hnvc'been paying money to Mr. MouV
ton or to the alleged delegation to
represent them they hnvo idled it
away as 'the persons to whom such
payment was made can not render
them nny assistance so far as pre-
venting tho allotment of land nnd-tho
extinguishment of the tribal govern'
ments nro concerned.
"Tho advice of this office to tho clt
Izons of the different nations Is that
they all comply with the law present
themselves for enrollment select their
allotments and use their best endeav-
ors to prepare themselves for the bus
iness life on which they are about
to embark."
Tho tone of tho abovo letter shows
that tho department of tho Interior
realizes that statehood Is at hand and
no deviation from tho dissolution of
tho tribal governments on the 4th of
March will bo permitted.
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER
NEW YORK POLICE BUSILY. EN
GAGED ON MURDER CASE.
Miss Gussle Hart Well Known Ac
tress Found Dead Some Features
Similar to the Patterson Case.
One Arrest Made.
.Vow York N. V. Feb. 20. Another
murder mystery with somo features
not unlike tho famous Nan Patterson
case has engaged tho attention of tho
police today. Gusslo Mart an actress
who 'has been playing hore Is tho
victim.
The first Intimation that u crime had
been committed camo to tho police
when a physician notlflod them thnt
ho had been called to a houso" nt 261
West 38th street to attend n woman
and had found her dead with her
skull fractured. Sho loft tho theatro
last night and soveral hours later a
cab stopped before tho houso where
sho roomed and two men took hor
from tho cnb and carried her Into the
house.
When tho physician arrived ho
found two women nnd three men at
tho bedside. Miss Hart was dead.
When tho coroner reached tho room
tho watchers had disappeared. Tho
woman's hcadwas terribly batlorcd.
Later tho police nrrcsted Edward
Murphy a dancing mnster. It Is as-
serted thnt tho woman's death Is duo
to nn accidental fall down n flight of
stairs
Miss Hart is a well known black
face comedienne.
Father Leary Dying.
Ckapman Kns. Fob. 2Q. Father
Lonry Natlonnl Chaplain rf tho O. A.
U is slowly sinking this morning.
SAVED THE
COAL LANDS
AND INDIAN TERRITORY SEVEN
TY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
Prompt Action of Senators Clark of
Montana and Clark of Wyoming
Avert What Would Have Been
a Calamity to Indians.
Washington D. C Feb. 19. (Spe
chill Through tho efforts ot Sena
tor Clark of Montana and Senator
Clark of Wjomlng moro tlinn 7B
000.000 will bo saved the people bt
the Choctaw nation In Indian Terrl
tory The two senators having the
same nnnio stepped Into the brene'i in
the nick of time. A hill had pael
(he bonne gono to the s-nate and
been referred to the Indian commit'"!
for report. It provided for tho sale
nf some 100000 acres of valuable coal
lands In tho Choctaw nntlon Indian
Territory. Under the method proposed
by the law to sell those lands tho In
dlnn would havo boon despoiled of
many millions of dollars. The bill
was about to be reported to tho sen
ale which would have meant Its pas
sage when Senator Clark of Montana
Interposed an objection. Ho was fpl
lowed Immediately by Senntor Clark
of Wyoming then a lively controversy
nnwe In committee. Their objection
to this provision of the bill was suffl
clent to defeat a report that day an'!
should go over until the next day
when a special meeting of tho com
mlttee was to bo called. Senator
Clark ot M'ontnnn Uttlo knew tho iin
portance of his objection. When the
committee reconvened nnd all the
mombers wcro present It wns discov
ered that tho bill was permeated with
rank spots. Of course no on would
charge any member of the Remit" e.im
mlttee with graft they are nil man
above suspicion. But certain It is thnt
the committee had been tmposol upon
to a frightful extent. Not only did
the bill propose to sell tho coal lands
nt an Insignificant figure practically
to tho present lessees of tho lands
hut It deprived thousands of people
In Indian Territory of property rights
At tho following meeting Senators
Dubois of Idaho Teller of'Coloradu
and ijiFollette of Wisconsin concen
trated n galling flro upon tho bill nn I
as a result tho committee has been
considering it for tho past week and
will probably bo mother waek be
fore they eliminate the rotten provi
slons contained In the original docw
meut. If It had not been for Senator
Clark of Montana nnd Senator Clark
of Wyoming thnt bill would havo boon
reported to tho senate nnd probably
have .become a law.
STATEHOOD NEXT FRIDAY
BILL WILL PASS SENATE FRIDAY
OF THIS WEEK.
The Oklahoma Times-Journal Claims
to Have a Hunch That the Forak-
er Amendment Will be Ac-
cepted Then Statehood.
I'ho Times-Journal today has It from
an nuthoii'.utlvo source that tho
statehood bill will bo passed by tho
sennto by Friday of this week. Tho
Forakcr amendment will bo accepted
permitting Arizona nnd Now Mexico
to vote separately as to whether the
two territories will be mado ono state
or not and If they decldo to reject
tho ono state proposition then they
will bo continued ns tcrltorles.
Whon this passes and goes to con
ference tho houso will probably refuse
to agree to the senate amendment
and then all pertaining to New Mexico
nnd ATlzona will lie stricken from tho
bill nnd Oklahoma and Indlnn Teirl-
tory admitted as ono state.
If tho conference agrees to admit
Oklahoma nnd Indian Torrltory as
ono stato without Arizona nnd New
Mexico bolng nttnehed to tho bill the
clause relntlng to tho capltnl will
probably bo stricken out.
Alarm Rumors From China.
Pekln Fob. 20. Foreigners nro re
ceiving telegrams from relatives Indi-
cating thero Is a feeling nf nlam
abroad over tho possibility of an out-
break of Chlnoso hostility. No disquiet
whalovcr Is felt nt Pekln. There Is no
nntl forelgn movement In North Chlin
likely to lend to hostilities
Invites freo Thursday night tT3iinl
conditions. 2tf-2
INDIANS CHARGED WITH KILLING
One Prisoner Identified as Man Who
Escaped Years Ago.
Muskogee t. T. Feb. 19. Deputy
Marshal John Cordoll of Wowoka
brought to Muskogee Friday Barney
i Flxlco and nn Indian known as "Wild
Cat" who with soveral others are
charged with tho killing of Billy Ciillr.
a prominent Scwlnolo Indian light
horseman five miles west of Sasakwa
on tho night of Fob. 3.
Deputy Marshal Baas Beeves of this
city Identified "Wild Cat" as an Indian
lie ntrested twenty years ngo while he
wus Doputy United Stntos Marshal nt
tort Smith. The Jail records substan
tlate Reeves. The officer was sent to
the Territory to nrrest "Wild Cat
and while on hid way to tho Arknnsas
lino tho Indian esraped and this Is
tho first tlmo the officers havo soon
him since. It was thought the man
was dcail long ngo.
SUMMONED TO
WASHINGTON
gov. Mccurtain and other tri
DAL OFFICERS CALLED.
It is Understood the President Wishes
to Learn the Indians Views on
the Disposition of Coal and
Mineral Lands.
South McAIester I. T.. Feb. 19.
In response to a telegram Just rocelV'
ed from President noosevelt Gov
McCtirtnln of tho Choctaw nation V.
S. Uister his private secretary P. J.
Hudson 12. H. Wilson Gcorgo W
Scott Hampton Tucker nnd George
W. Choate tribal officials will leave
Monday night for Washington D. C.
It Is understood that tho 'president
wishes to ascertain ot .tho Iridlans
what dlsiMwItlon they desire to make
ot the' coal lands.
The Indians are not opposed to tho
salo of tho surfaco of theso lands to
bona lido settlers nnd thereforo will
not opposo the efforts of tho towns to
dispose ot them. Tho Chootnw coun
ell has passed tesolutlons asking
congress to pass an net removing tho
restrictions on the surplus lands of nil
the Indians.
Tho Indians nro not wedded to nny
particular plan for disposing of tho
coal lauds but are anxious to get this
matter settled as soon as possible.
Davis-Turner Falls Road.
J. 11. Dickinson of Davis who Is
now promoting tho new motor road
from Turner Fulls was In tho city
yesterday. Mr. Dickinson said "Tho
Davis-Turner Falls Motor Road Co.
was incorporated undor tho laws of
Oklahoma on tho 1 5th for $25000.
Guy K. lllackweldcr president nobcrt
Chowlng vice president C. T. Wit
Hams C. B. McCluskey James Draugh
nn H. I Freeman nnd myself aro offl
cors and dlroctors. Tho citizens of
Davis havo subscribed for JtT.000 of
tho stock nnd worlt will bo pushed
with nil hasto until completed. We
hope to havo cars In operation not lat
er than June 1st.
"Yes the load Is a qualified success
In every particular. Tho road Is hull
of sand grnvel and ccmont with a
cement finish that will bo perfectly
smooth. Cars will bo run by gasollno
motors at a high rate of speed. The
cost of mulntalnnnco nnd operation Is
reduced to n minimum. A hnlf gallon
of gasollno will run a car with 40 pas
sengers n dlsianco of ten miles. The
track will last for many years without
repairs ot any sort. Weeds nlong tho
lino will bo cut or burned with crudo
oil. There nro no ties to rot nnd no
steel rails to rust nnd wear out. Tho
cars will all bo flttod with solid rub
ber tires. These tires will last threo
years or more. Tho lino will bo tho
first of Its kind In tho southwest nnd
will I bollove provo eminently suc
cessful. Passongors will bo whirled
over to tho famous summer resort In
fifteen minutes without tho slightest
Jolt or Jar or troubled with dust.
Tho company will furnish amusement
and proparo n groat pleasuro resort at
Turnor Falls."
FRANCO-GERMAN SITUATION.
Germany's Rejections of France's Pro
posal May Cnut? Trouble.
Paris Fninoo Feb. 20. Germany's
rojectlon of Fra.ircc' proposnl at tho
Algeclras has given 'enowod gravltv
to tho Frann-Gennnn situation. It
Is reported la at Frrno Intends to
wlthdrnw.it 't -po'rtd that tho
strained relations 1" ci so a n.uOW
nl of tho alarmist war reports.
TO AVENGE
AN OUTRAGE
SHREVEPORT CITIZEN3 CLAMOR
FOR CUSTODY OF NEGRO.
Following an Attempt at Criminal As
sault the Black Ruffian Used Pis-
tol and Killed His Victim
Returning From School.
Shreveport la. Feb. 19.Whlle re-
turning homo from school Margaret
Lear aged 15 was stopped In tho pub-
lic road near her homo two miles
west of this city this afternoon by a
negro who nttcmptcd n criminal as-
sault on her.
Tho young girl struggled with tho
man nnd serenmcd sovernt times. The
negro pulled n pistol and pressing Its
muzzle ngalust tho girl's neck pulled
the trigger. Sho fell unconscious to
tho ground nnd her nssallant fled to
tho woods.
Two negroes saw the act and Imme-
diately gave tho alarm.
Miss Lear wns dying when" picked
up. Her death occurred a few minutes
nftor reaching her home.
Sheriff Ward lo-l a posso In soarch
of tho negro and apprehended him
two hours afterward In a cabin not
far from tho sccno of tho crlmo. He
gave his name as Charles Coleman
and has been employed In tho shops
of the Knnsas City Southern railroad
In this city.
The prisoner was lodged In Jail be-
fore the crlmo had becomo gonorally
known. As sootr'ns tho news got out
thnt tho negro wns In custody a crowd
began to gather around tho Jail and
nt 9 o'clock. tonight ono thousand men
aro mnklng nn attempt to lynch him
Shreveport Un. Feb. 20. At mid-
night n portion of tho crowd was ling-
ering around the Jail but excitement
appears to havo died out. Tho offlcora
do no anticipate any effort on tho
part of tho mob.
Tho Caddo miles a local military
organization. Is stationed at thb Jail
as aro about fifty prominent citizens
all armed.
It Is said Coleman has not positively
lioen Identified ns tho slayer of tha
Httlo girl
Jury commissioners havo been no-
tified to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow
to draw n grand Jury to Immediately
Investigate tho cose.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Davis Postmaster Establishes a Routa
Without Department Assistance.
Davis I T. Fob. 19. (Special.)
Postmaster nnmsoy.'of the City Is
conducting a freo rural delivery routo
nlong tho "star routo" Uotween Darts
and Hennepin n dlstanco of slxtoen
mllos without tho. assistance from
tho postal department. Thero afe
mnll boxes along tho road and each
box supplies a dally mall to numerous
rural residents. Ono box recolvcs mall
for C7 persons nnd tlio wholo numbor
receiving such servlco aro something
over threo hundred. Tho road betweea
Hennepin nnd Davis runs through tho'
Wild Horse Valloy nnd Is thickly pop-
ulated. Tho DaVIs office will ask for
an additional cjerk to handlo thb rap-
Idly Increasing business on account of
this rural route unauthorized by tho
department.
Santa Fe Tap to Sulphur.
Davis I. T. Feb. 19. (Special.)
Ten ear loads pf grading outfits nre
now unloading for tho contractor
who nro to build the line between Da
vis nnd Sulphur for tho Santa Fo.
Ono ot tho contractors reports that
within two weeks every mllo of tho
way will bo under construction and
should bo ready for tho ties and rails
not later than Juno 1st.
Another report reached hero today
from Lexington to tho effect that th
grado mado by tho electric lino peo-
plo will bo occupied with tics and
mils bsforo April 1st. nnd that cars
will bo running by tjat tlmo botweon
Davis nnd Sulphur.'
M'ntlneo Thursday. Prices 15 and 25
cents. 20-2
Frightfully Burned.
Chas. W. Mooro. n machinist ot Ford
City Pa. had his hand frlghfully burn
ed In nn olectrlc furnace. Ho annlled
Buriilen's Arnica Salvo with tho usu
al result: "a quick and porfoct euro."
Groatcst hoalor on oa.rtlv tor burns
wounds sores pczema nrid pllos. 25o
fit W. B Frames druggist.
.tlneo al opera hbuso Thursday .
.afternoon. 20-2